By Paddy Stephens

Remember the Metaverse, the empty term Mark Zuckerberg decided to rename his company to signify his quest? It’s fair to say that things could be better when it comes to this VR-meets-AR-meets-Roblox. Recently, quite a few things haven’t gone exactly as planned.

First, the company was ridiculed for a Horizon Worlds announcement post from Meta. On August 16, to celebrate the launch of this proto-Metaverse in France and Spain, the company posted a photo of CEO Zuckerberg’s in-game avatar in front of a digital Eiffel Tower. Suffice it to say that he did not receive the applause that he expected. The graphics were terrible, many internet users compared it to Roblox, and the post was widely mocked.

Many are puzzled by the error. Horizon…